Today sees another landmark for American big-cat rights activist Carole Baskin who rose to fame opposite Joe Exotic in hit Netflix docuseries ‘Tiger King’ in 2020.
Baskin, who turns 60 today, had been told by the film-makers that the programme would be an exposé of the mistreatment of the animals by private owners in America.
But it tellingly became notorious for shining the light on the feud between Baskin, owner of the Big Cat Rescue sanctuary in Florida, and Joseph Maldonado-Passage, the country music-loving zoo owner from Oklahoma known as ‘Joe Exotic’.
It all adds up to a rich mix of notoriety and fame with her iconic look still fuelling a trend of copycat fancy dress costumes.
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